1. Install the latest cvs. You can download the rpm and install it or use apt-get if you have it installed

   [root]# apt-get install cvs

2. create a user and group for the cvs user

   [root]# adduser cvsuser
   [root]# passwd cvsuser

3.Create a cvs root directory

   [root]# mkdir /usr/local/cvs (or where ever you want your root)
   [root]# chown cvsuser:cvsuser /usr/local/cvs

4. Initialize the cvsroot as the cvs user

   [cvsuser]# cvs -d /usr/local/cvs init

5. Setup the pserver listener. Cvs is a xinetd component

   [root]# cd /etc/xinetd.d
   [root]# vi cvs

service cvspserver
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = cvsuser
protocol = tcp
env = '$HOME=/home/cvsuser'
port = 2401
server = /usr/bin/cvs
server_args = -f --allow-root=/usr/local/cvs pserver
} 

6. Start cvs

   [root]# /etc/init.d/xinetd restart

CVS Pserver will listen on TCP port 2401. You can verify that it is running by looking at netstat

[root]# netstat -a -n | grep 2401
tcp     0 0 0.0.0.0:2401      0.0.0.0:*       LISTEN

Set cvs to start at boot time

   [root]# chkconfig --levels 35 xinetd on
   [root]# chkconfig --levels 35 cvs on

7. Log into cvs. Example from *nix client.

   [cvsuser]# export CVSROOT=:pserver:cvsuser@yourserver.com:/usr/local/cvs  
   [cvsuser]# cvs login

 Now you can log in from any cvs client and import a project. I have found wincvs works well for a windows client.

Comments

Easy to Follow Written by Guest on 2004-07-24 13:02:49 Easy to follow instructions. I had cvs running within 20 minutes.  Thank!!

Written by Guest on 2005-09-06 10:41:09 [/LIST][*]null[LIST]

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